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Saturday, September 14, 2013

My knitting and spinning time has been severely compromised of late due to life. On my wheel most recently has been some gorgeous Merino superwash top hand dyed in the colorway "Biker Chick" by one of my fave indie dyers: Knitted to a T. It is black and an insanely vibrant hot pink.

Friday night I finished spinning it and was preparing to start the plying process. Pulled the bobbin off my wheel and the bottom piece of the bobbin fell off releasing a cascade of sproingy fiber with a whole lot of twist going on. Crap!!!!

Tried stuffing it back on and cramming the base on...of course that did not work. The only way I can think to salvage this vast amount of knitting beauty potential is to very very carefully unwind onto a second bobbin, trying not to disturb twist as much as possible, then spin it back onto a third bobbin in my usual spinning twist direction THEN hopefully plying from that.

Curious what exploding high twist single ply looks like? It's like a train wreck...you can't NOT look...

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Hi! My name is Dina. Welcome to my world. I am a girl that loves to care for her home in what is often referred to as an "old fashioned" way. I believe in good home cooking from scratch and making things myself.
My husband and I have a small farm where we garden, raise honeybees, chickens and Shetland sheep.
Join me in the adventures of my life, from knitting/spinning (two of my greatest passions), gardening, home organization and much more.
It's a happy life, made more full (and furrier) by my favorite feline furbabies.